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More than 50% of South Carolina’s African American college graduates come from one of the state’s seven Historically Black Colleges & Universities. A new program, the South Carolina Institutes of Innovation and Information (SCIII), has just been formed in order to help grow student enrollment at the HBCUs and to foster a classroom-to-job environment with the students, schools, and business community. It may prove to be a model program for other states to copy.  Senator Scott and Executive Director Gwynth Nelson join us to discuss:

• How SCIII will provide new opportunities for innovation at the university level for Black students.      
• How shortages of skilled workers for key industries, such as nursing and health care, transportation, technology communication, and business, can be met by the SCIII. 
• How SCIII will increase the number of Black STEM degree candidates, providing a greater pool of talented workers to lead innovation.  

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